Port of Morrow

Album: Port Of Morrow (2012)
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  • Through the rain and all the clatter
    Under the Fremont bridge I saw a pigeon fly
    Fly in fear from the raptor come to take its life
    And as it closed in for the capture
    Funneled the fear through my ancient eyes
    See in flight, what I know are the bitter mechanics of life

    Under my hat it reads, "The lines are all imagined"
    A fact of life I know to hide from my little girls
    I know my place amongst the bugs and all the animals
    And it's from these ordinary people you are longing to be free

    My hotel and on the TV
    A preacher on a stage like a buzzard cries
    Out a warning, phony sorrow, he's trying to get a rise
    The cyanide of an almond
    Let him look at your hands, get the angles right
    Ace of spades, Port of Morrow, life is death is life

    I saw a photograph, Cologne in '27
    And then a postcard after the bombs in '45
    Must've been a world of evil clowns that let it happen
    But now I recognize, dear listeners
    That you were there and so was I, ah

    Under my hat I know the lines are all imagined
    A fact of life I must impress on my little girls
    I know my place amongst the creatures in the pageant
    And there are flowers in the garbage, and a skull under your curls, ah Writer/s: James Mercer
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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